The Grawlix CMS

Introducing Asterisk, a new Grawlix 1 theme

Following our recent e-book on HTML & CSS, we’re thrilled to announce a new theme: Asterisk. It comes with four tones — two practical and two informative — to help you learn to make great webcomic sites. Best of all, it’s loaded with inline notes to tell you what’s going on, why we set it up that way, and how it works.

HTML, CSS, & the Grawlix CMS

The Grawlix CMS can work with almost any HTML/CSS you write. But to help get artists started, version 1.1 comes with two themes: Indotherm and Stick Figure. Indotherm is more complex — and realistic. We designed Stick Figure for you to build upon.

Click “back to list,” and choose a theme and tone your site should use from the drop-down list.

How do I customize a tone?

There are many ways to make a Grawlix theme. Some artists ignore our code and start from scratch. Others barely modify files we supply. Both ways are fine, but here I’ll show you how to make your own tone file.

Included in this theme are two empty tones: tone.zero.css and tone.zero-annotated.css. Except that empty isn’t empty. The “zero” tones have many CSS selectors that indicate the important sections of the website. That means you don’t have to dig through HTML to figure out what you can change. The plain file lists selectors; the “annotated” version includes notes.

Here’s how to start:

Duplicate tone.zero.css.

Rename the copy “tone.my-style.css”.

Click the theme’s name in the “themes” section of your admin panel to register the tone named “my style.”

Set your site’s look to use that tone with the drop-down list.

From now on, when you change the file named tone.my-site.css your site will change too. Now let’s see it in action.

Presto, your site has a purple background. But that’s just an example. Check out the other included tones for more inspiration.

Learn more

Customizing your webcomic site just got easier with Asterisk. Let theme.css do the heavy theming and learn from nine included tones to make your webcomic site as unique as your art. Download the theme and get started today.